Bedrock structure control on soil-gas radon-222 anomalies in the Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Je, Imshun ^a,b   Eyles, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Handex of Illinois Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock Structures; Environmental hazards; Fractures; Radon; Soil contamination; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; RADON; SOIL GAS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0032451966     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iv.4.445     Document Type: Article

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